Many Linux-based home gateway routers will respond to Telnet. If it lets you in, some elementary exploration can answer the question; a uname -a command, for instance. Another big clue is discovering that it runs BusyBox. BusyBox runs on other OSes besides Linux, but it's very commonly used on embedded Linuxes, whereas the more minimal stock
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Access routers, including small office/home office (SOHO) models, are located at home and customer sites such as branch offices that do not need hierarchical routing of their own. Typically, they are optimized for low cost. Some SOHO routers are capable of running alternative free Linux-based firmware like Tomato, OpenWrt or DD-WRT. [failed verification]
Nokia Launches New Linux-based Network Operating System First fully microservices-based NOS. So Nokia determined that there was a great opportunity for a next-generation switch built on an open Linux foundation, “so that all of the tools used to